Category Archives: Bed & Breakfast

Oudtshoorn Homestay Accommodation

Garden Route Backpacker

Oudtshoorn Homestay Accommodation is an owner run guest house and backpackers, and is situated in Oudtshoorn. This establishment is ideal for guests looking for a stopover, en route to various attractions.

Accommodation at the guest house comprises 4 double rooms and 1 Backpackers room. The rooms are equipped with double beds or bunk beds, and have either an en-suite or access to a shared bathroom.

Guests have access to a communal kitchen, and there are braai facilities to use as well. The establishment has an in-house housekeeper, who can assist with laundry services. Secure parking is available for vehicles.

We currently have water restrictions and guests are asked to use water sparingly.

Harkerville Forest Lodge

Garden Route Backpacker

Harkerville Forest Lodge is a lovely owner-run establishment situated on the “Golden Mile” of the Garden Route. The property is situated within the boundaries of SanParks, in a tranquil forest setting. The basic but comfortable accommodation facilities on offer is perfect for nature lovers.

Accommodation comprise of a forest chalet, a fully equipped self-catering unit that can accommodate up to 5 guests, log cabins that can accommodate between 1 and 4 guests, guesthouse rooms and a campsite. A privately owned 3-bedroom house is also available as an option.

A restaurant, Akkedis, is available for breakfasts and dinners that is served by prior arrangement only. Other facilities include a swimming pool, volley ball court, zip line (foefieslide) and a licensed bar with pool table. Secure on-site parking is available to all guests.

Harkerville is the perfect launching point for hiking trails in the area. Guests can also enjoy sightings of bushbuck and knysna loeries from the deck while enjoying a braai or sundowner.

Peace of Eden – Nature Lodge and Vegan Retreat

Garden Route Backpacker

Peace of Eden – Nature Lodge and Vegan Retreat is on a magical country smallholding which nestles on the edge of its own indigenous forest situated in Knysna.

The accommodation offers quirky, rustic bohemian accommodation options, from converted stables to 2 little Woodcutter Cottages overlooking fields and forest, a cosy rustic Timber Barn Cabin on the forest edge with stunning sunset views and on a more traditional note there is a quaint double storey cottage. For the more adventurous outdoor, nature lover there are old style retro canvas tents on timber decks in the forest with all the simple basics for a comfy stay. There are lovely free-range, eco campsites that do not have electricity and are in a field on the forest edge, they have their own eco-timber ablution huts with compost toilets and hot showers.

On-site guests can walk on the wild side along the beautiful forest pathways, have a candlelit picnic on the jetty overlooking an enchanting lily pond or get in touch with your green side and order delicious organic vegan breakfasts and dinners including a night special or a 4-course vegan dining experience.

As a vegan lodge, Peace of Eden expects guests to respect the ethos whilst staying and guests are not able to cook or bring any animal meat products onto the property, that includes red meat, game meat, chicken and fish.

The characteristics of a more eco country lifestyle mean that the lodge uses golden brown water from the dam, filtered and chlorinated and supply sweet bottled rainwater to drink. Guests can also bring their own. There are eco flushing toilets, so no double ply toilet paper can be used. There are low-pressure showers which vary as the water is pumped from a dam, gas heated showers which invariably run out of gas in the middle of a shower and is replaced when that happens.

Wildlife including baboons, monkeys, a myriad of birds, wild pig, porcupines, spiders, snakes though these are rarely seen by guests and large areas of unmowed lawns, which are ecologically better for insect and bird life.

The lodge is 8 km from the N2, only 15 minutes outside Knysna and the beautiful beaches of Buffalo Bay and Brenton on Sea.

Yellow Woods Camps & Conferences

Garden Route Backpacker

Yellow Woods Camps & Conferences is located 28 km outside the town of Great Brak River and 28 km from Mossel Bay.

Each room is equipped with 4 bunk beds, a shower, toilet, and basin. The rooms have each limited Wi-Fi connection.

There is ample parking space behind a secure gate and the premises is surrounded with electric fencing. Braai facilities are also available. An English breakfast is available every morning at an additional cost. Other facilities include a conference hall, dining hall and a coffee shop on the premises.

A 3-hour game drive can be arranged at the neighbouring farm Botlierskop Private Game Reserve.

Karoo Soul

Garden Route Backpacker

Huddled in the heart of the Klein Karoo is this magical Tudor-style manor house. Karoo Soul is everything you need for an extraordinary sojourn in Oudtshoorn.

Amber Lagoon Backpackers Lodge

Garden Route Backpacker

Amber Lagoon is a backpacker’s dream, buried in the heart of the Klein Karoo and bordered by the Swartberg Mountains and the Gamka Nature Reserve. It is just off Route 62, between Oudtshoorn and Calitzdorp.

Moonsong Backpackers

Garden Route Backpacker

Moonsong Backpackers is located just outside the city center of Plettenberg Bay, situated among peaceful surroundings, you will discover the friendly and homely atmosphere of Moonsong Backpackers.

Lodge 96

Garden Route Backpacker

Lodge 96 is a backpackers that offers guest rooms and is situated in Oudtshoorn. The whole guest house can also be booked by 1 group.

The lodge is for guests looking for comfortable lodging,

The Wild Farm Backpackers

Garden Route Backpacker

The Wild Farm Backpackers is situated in the Cape Floral Region of South Africa. It is part of the picturesque Garden Route and is situated close to the lovely little village of Wilderness. It rests between the beautiful Outeniqua Mountains in the north and the warm Indian Ocean in the south.

Jembjo’s Knysna Lodge & Backpackers

Garden Route Backpacker

Located in the centre of town, Jembjo’s Knysna Lodge & Backpackers is 2-minutes walk from the Knysna Waterfront and the bustling little town is a 5-minute walk away.

The lodge offer a variety of accommodation options from Dorm Rooms to twin

Jumper’s Place

Garden Route Backpacker

Jumper’s Place is known for it’s hospitality, and close proximity to adventure routes for the motorcycle and 4×4 enthusiasts, and offers comfortable backpackers look alike (we have 11 rooms sleeping 28 people) accommodation in the town of Willowmore in the Eastern Cape.

Sacred Forest Eco Vegetarian Travellers Lodge & Backpackers

Garden Route Backpacker

Sacred Forest Eco Vegetarian / Vegan Backpacker’s Lodge is on a magical country farm called ‘Peace of Eden’ which nestles on the edge of our own indigenous forest. We are only 15 minutes outside Knysna and the beautiful beaches of Buffalo Bay.